jeremy wariner i think you should start runing the 800 now

he did just have surgery last offseason, so it is possible that he will not be ready for another year. he is young enough to still pr but honestly he was great for longer than almost any 400m runner in history. a pr of 43.45 and many medals, many times under 44, one bad decision on Hart probably kept him from a second individual Olympic gold in 2008. he still seemed to have his 200m speed early season, which was not Merritt/Johnson quality, but among the best of 400m runners, so it is also possible that he is injured.

Wariner couldn't break 1:48 to save his life!! He was a bad ass, but just because he's white doesn't mean he can move up and win in the 8!

He should just move up to the 5000m and 10000m. Call it a day.

Letsrun is such a distance orientated sport.

All the 400m guys (warner) should run the 800-1500m.

All the 1500m guys (webb) should run the 5k/10k.

All the 5k/10k guys (ritz) should run the marathon.

How about we just let people run what they want to run. It's what they made their names in. It's going to be pathetic to see Webb get rolled in the 5k thanks to all the idiots in the sport continually putting pressure on him to move up with that speed.

he hasn't ruled out a move to the marathon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

he has the right build

Thats because all these homoerotic skinny boy runners want everyone to be homoerotic and skinny boys just like themselves and they get mad when someone wants to have testosterone and muscles and sex drive instead.

Why on earth would people single out Wariner as the guy who should move up? There are tons of sprinters that would be better.

Clement, Betters, James, and the list can continue

He had a good career and needs to retire.

Sports marketing 101 wrote:

Thats because all these homoerotic skinny boy runners want everyone to be homoerotic and skinny boys just like themselves and they get mad when someone wants to have testosterone and muscles and sex drive instead.

If your such a blind douchebag, I don't see why you look at this website in the first place.

deer jermey wariner you are no longer fast enough to run the open 400 and compete with the world's best. please run the 800.

The Big Picture wrote:

4 olympic medals (3 gold and a silver), 6 world championship medals (5 gold and a silver), running under 44, need I go on? Seems like a pretty legit career to me.

No doubt a great career. But he showed zero class in the way he acted after and by walking silently past the media. Compare this behavior with the way Adam Nelson carried himself after what had to have been a similar level of disappointment (failing to reach the shot put final) -- he spoke thoughtfully, wasn't afraid to show his emotions, and made it clear that he's thankful. Nelson is a champ, Warnier is a chump.

10sleep wrote:

The Big Picture wrote:

4 olympic medals (3 gold and a silver), 6 world championship medals (5 gold and a silver), running under 44, need I go on? Seems like a pretty legit career to me.

No doubt a great career. But he showed zero class in the way he acted after and by walking silently past the media. Compare this behavior with the way Adam Nelson carried himself after what had to have been a similar level of disappointment (failing to reach the shot put final) -- he spoke thoughtfully, wasn't afraid to show his emotions, and made it clear that he's thankful. Nelson is a champ, Warnier is a chump.

Well actually I think Wariner is the champ, or at least a champ, and Nelson is an almost champ (silver).

10sleep wrote:

The Big Picture wrote:

4 olympic medals (3 gold and a silver), 6 world championship medals (5 gold and a silver), running under 44, need I go on? Seems like a pretty legit career to me.

No doubt a great career. But he showed zero class in the way he acted after and by walking silently past the media. Compare this behavior with the way Adam Nelson carried himself after what had to have been a similar level of disappointment (failing to reach the shot put final) -- he spoke thoughtfully, wasn't afraid to show his emotions, and made it clear that he's thankful. Nelson is a champ, Warnier is a chump.

You should have seen what he did beyond the media/mix zone. Starts throwing stuff and yelling. It was pretty intense.

coach d wrote:

Koneko wrote:

Wariner never would have even broken 1:46, not even in his prime.

You mean like Juantorena didn't?

Wariner was no Juantorena. Who was more of an 600 guy than a 400 guy.

Wariner is tapped out. As a former 400 m runner I can tell you that there is nothing as disheartening as the sound of the bell.

Warnier does not want to go around again.

Not rocket science in his stupidity. Ego got the best of him.

I constantly hear Ashton and Trey and other athletes talk about their support system and they constantly say that track and field at the elite level is not an individual sport, but a team sport made up of coaches, family, nutritionist, physical therapist, masseuer, training mates, etc etc etc. They are grateful for their support and constantlly say they would not be where they are without them.

Wariner has made it emphatically clear he doesn't wasn't to do the 800.

He's also one of the least charismatic elite runners in the U.S. in the past decade, and perhaps one of the least intelligent.

I was once talking to someone who ranks quite high in this sport's hierarchy and I mentioned that almost all of the best American runners (I don't know field event people) were decent, articulate, and well-educated and pretty good people, and that there were only a handful I didn't like.

Her instantaneus response was "you mean Jeremy Wariner?"

I hadn't been thinking of Wariner, but apparently she had been.

easy to bash wariner when he hasn't performed up to your expectations, isn't it?

harts got way more ego than wariner.

people only say wariner should move up because he's a white sprinter. I guarantee that he has never had the ability to run faster than 1:47 if he really trained for it. Seriously, why does anyone think he should run the 800???

I think his career was over in 2008 when he lost the gold. His times and results have only gone down hill since then. The coaching decision was terrible and he never rebounded from that. I think a life of eating McDonalds for lunch and dinner every day, not training properly, switching coaches, being unfocused, etc. finally outweighs his natural talent. I know for a fact the guy doesn't train for crap, he routinely would fly around to non-running events instead of staying home to train for the pay day and just assume he'd win on natural ability. His race in the final was an embarrassment only overshadowed at what a sore loser he was. There's no one here to blame but himself, he's made a long line of terrible decisions regarding his career on the track, and those decisions all came together yesterday afternoon.

Ill run the 800